An inaugural lecture on botany, considered as a science, and as a branch of medical education : read in King's College, London, May 8th, 1843 / by Edward Forbes.

  • Forbes, Edward, 1815-1854.
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[1843]
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Credit: An inaugural lecture on botany, considered as a science, and as a branch of medical education : read in King's College, London, May 8th, 1843 / by Edward Forbes. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    subject which cannot fail to interest every human heart. We know—without any philosophic information —we know it is almost the only thing we do know,—we know that we can stay on earth but a little while, a very little while. The places that see us shall see us no more. And then when we go home—what then ? Jesus Christ informs us, and our natural feelings lead us to think that; we shall live again in exquisite joy or in dreadful misery during ages beyond human calculation. Is it true ? Is this future existence lationally to be expected ? Was Jesus Christ a messenger from God, and was all which he told us sure to come to pass ? How awful—how grand—how glorious the prospect before us. Oh, fix the n)ind upon this hope— consider it—dwell upon it—and till you are satisfied on this all important subject let not the pursuits of the vain unproductive objects of human wisdom employ the hours of reflection in which tliat hope of Heaven might be confirmed. These worldly studies if kept subservient to the higher interests of eternity, exercise the under- standing and teach it more thoroughly to appreciate the works of the great Creator. But, alas ! how olten do they lead through the perverseness of human nature to an opposite end? A little progress in science, a little ])re-eminence in literature, fills the